Tilting bin.



No. 648,827. x Patented May I, l35H10.

' C. A. BABB & A. R. BUTTS.

TILTING BIN.

(Application led Feb. 7, 1900.1

(no Modell) UNITED STATES CHARLES A. BABE ANDARrI-IUR R. Borre, on MEADvILLn, MISSOURI.

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, SPECIFICATION farming part of Letters raten@ No.` 648,827, dated May 1, 1900. Application filegdl l'elarnslry 7,1900. Serial No. 4,383.l (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern/'.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. BAEB and v ARTHUR R. Bor'rs, citizens of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county'. ,5 of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented -n ew and useful Improvements in rliltin g Bins,

of which the following is a-specication.

This invention relates to -gtilting bins, and especially to that class of vloins employed by Io merchants for the storage, displaymnd vending of merchandise, wares, and commodities; and it has for its object to provide a bin of the character described so constructed that the contents vofthe lbin will at all times be in I plain view vof both Vthe customers and the salesman. Without ,necessitating the opening of the bin and which will permit of the bin ,Y beingreadnr.snnneinrnanenrenient rosition for removing its contents with the exer- 2o tion of but little force.. Y

To these ends our Invention consists in the features and in the` construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter de- Y. scribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein-w Figure 1 is a perspective View of-our improved bin; and Fig. 2 is a transverse secgo tionalview thereof, the bin being shown open in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the frame or casing in which the bin is inclosed, comprising a base 2, `top 3, and

ends 4, the front and rear being open or un-.

inclosed, as shown. Disposed within said casing and pivoted or suspended between the ends4 thereof is the bin, consisting of two substantially-triangular sides or ends 5, a

4o -front wall 6` and a forwardly and downwardly inclined bottom 7. A strip Sis fastened across the rear upper. end of the bin, and attached tothe said strip and projecting above the same is arbead or molding 9, which when the .bin is closed abuts the upper portion -of lthe VAcasingvand serves to exclude dust and the/ n like and'to protect the contents of the bin from exposure to the atmosphere. A similar A bead or molding 10 projects down in front of 5o the upper edge of the front wall of the bin.

Said front of the bincompriscs a-frame or sash 11, which is attached to the forward edgesof theY ends or sides 5 and theinclined bottom 7, of the bin, and fitted in said frame orv sash is a glass panel 12, which forms substantially the entire front of the bin. Anl

aperture is formed in the upper portion of theinclined bottom 7 of the bin, and in said aperture is fitted a glass panel 13, said glass panel beingv so .fitted in said aperture that its upper surface will be flush with the upper surface of the inclined bottom, as shown, and

the glass panel is secured in place by any preferred means-as, for example, by beads or'moldings 13", fastened to the under side of the bottom 7.

The bin is hung or suspended in the casing *by4 pivots 14, which are attached to the ends 5 of the bin and are journaled in suitable bearings 1n the ends or sides 4 of the casing. Said pivots, as shown most clearly in Fig. Cof the drawings, are arranged on substantially the inclined bottom thereof. By thus pivoting or hanging the bin the preponderance of the Weight of the centents of the bin will be for'- ward of the pivots, and hence will operate to keep the bin closed, as shown by full lines in Fig. 2 but the Weight will be so. distributed that small force need be exerted to swing the bin about its pivots to the open position shown in said figure. By making the bottom of the bin inclined, as shown, ,tine centents will always fall to the front of "the binwhenthe lat-4 ter is closed no matter how small the amount may be, thus always keeping the contents in plain view of the customers; but by pivoting the bin centrally and near its bottom, asV

shown, when the bin is tilted or swung open to its extreme 'limit every particle of its contents will fall by gravity to its rear end and be readily removed. Of course this will only be Vnecessary when the contents of the bin have nearly been exhausted,'as ordinarily-it will only be necessary to partly open the bin, when the contents can be removed by a scoop or by hand.

It will be noted that when the binds in its closed position its lower front edge will abut and rest on the front edge of the base 2,while its upper edge will rest against .the bead or molding 10, thus holding .the bin stationary and giving to the front of the bin thc appear-v ancc of being a transparent panel fitted in the vertical center of the bin and adjacent to the 2O (shown by dotted lines in Fig` 2;) but said front of the casing. there is a space 15 between the inclined ottom 7 of the bin and the base 2 of the casi g, which forms a compartment in which may be kept wrapping-paper, bags, a scoop, and sintilar articles useful in putting up the waresfin wekages, ttc., and it will be observed by referring to the diderent -positions assumed by the bin, as shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, that the articles so disposed-in said space or compartment will not lat any time or under 4any conditions interfere with the free operation of the swinging bin and this without increasing the size of the casing or curtailing the capacity of the bin,wl1ich extends from the base to the top of the casing.

For the purpose of locking the bin in either its closed or open position or in.an intermediate position we employ a latch-lever 1G,

latch-lever need not herein be described, vas the same forms no part of the present invention'. y

We have herein shown the bin suspended. within a cabinet or casing; but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the easing may be a counter or some other part of the store fixtures or furniture and that the bins maybe arranged side by side or in tiers one above the other, the' location, disposi# tion, or number of the bins being a mere matter of taste or selection to be determined by the needs or circumstances attendant upon each individual case. \Vhcn the casing is set on or forms a part of a store-counter, for example, the contents of the bin may be inspected by a customer in front of the counter or by the salesman in rear thereof withn, win also be noted that out necessity of opening the bin, and the materials necessary for removing the contents ofthe bin and putting them 'up into packages are always in convenient reach.

Having described. our invention, what we claim -is-' 1. In a swinging bin, the combination with a casing having an apertured` front, of a bin pivoted in said casing and having a vertical front and a forwardly and downwardly inclined bottom, the vertical front of said bin comprising a frame or sash in which is tted a glass panel, said bin being arranged to swing forward by gravity into position to cause the glass-paneled sash to close the aperture in the casing, substantially as described.

2. In a swinging bin, the combination with 'a casing having an apertured front, of a bin pivoted in said casing and having a vertical front and a forwardly and downwardly in'- elined bottom, the vertical front of said bin comprising a frame or sash in which is fitted a glass panel, and the inclined bottom thereof having an aperture formed th erein wherein is fitted a glass panel `flush with the upper side ot' said bottom, said bin beingarranged to swing forward by gravity into position to cause the glass-paneled sash to close the aperture in o the front of the casing,substantially as described. 4

. -In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands inpresence of two subscribing wit-` nesses.`

CHARLES A. BABB. ARTHUR anor'rs.

lVitnesses:

RUFUS E. innen, OVERTON' II; RImNos. 

